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Footnote and Bibliographic Style
Rochester College Religion
Papers and Theses
What follows are examples to cover
the most common forms used.. It is not meant to be exhaustive. If you
are uncertain about proper (a) footnote or (b) bibliographic form or
do not find an appropriate form below, be sure first to consult The SBL
Handbook of Style (Peabody, Mass.: Hendricksen,1999), supplemented
by The Chicago Manual of Style: Fourteenth Edition, Revised and
Expanded (1993).
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General
Information
General Information – For RC Religion Dept. submissions
Both endnotes and the main text (including
block quotes) should be double-spaced. Margins should
be at least 1¼ inches all around.
Never print
on both sides of the paper.
Never fully
justify your document; always leave text ragged right.
Block quotations should use the same
font and point size as the main text, and should be indented.
“As a general rule the sequence of
publishing information (that given inside parentheses in a note) is as follows: editor; translator; number
of volumes; edition; series; city; publisher; date. Colons precede page numbers in journal articles,
and colons separate volume and page numbers” (SBL Handbook, §7.1.1; p. 40).
“Whenever possible, the author’s or
editor’s first name (not just an initial) should be provided. A space should always be left between
initials” (SBL Handbook, §7.1.2; p. 40).
“Avoid using f. and ff. for
‘following’ pages; give actual page ranges” (SBL Handbook, §7.1.5; p. 46).
For abbreviations, including state
abbreviations for bibliographic citations (e.g., “Pa.”, “N.J.”, and “N.Dak.” not “PA”, “NJ”,
and “ND”), see ch. 8 of SBL Handbook, pp. 68-152.
Some possessive rules:
a. Add –’s to singular nouns
that end in –s. (E.g., Henry James’s novels reward
the patient reader.)
b. But the possessive of the names
Jesus and Moses is traditionally formed by adding an apostrophe alone.
(E.g., Jesus’ disciples were sleepy; Moses’ calling
was unique.)
c. Add only an apostrophe to plural
nouns ending in –s. (E.g., The Jameses’ talents
are extraordinary; the Yankees’ victories are fixed.)
d. Names of more than one syllable
with an unaccented ending pronounced eez are exceptions based
on euphony. (E.g., Aristophanes’ plays are funny.)
“Books of the Bible cited without chapter
or chapter and verse should be spelled out in the main text. Books of
the Bible cited with chapter or chapter and verse should be abbreviated,
unless they come at the beginning of the sentence All occurrences of
biblical books in parentheses and footnotes should be abbreviated” (SBL
Handbook §8.2; pp. 71-72). (E.g., In the main text: “First Corinthians
5:6 is a crucial text” not “1 Corinthians 5:6 is a crucial
text.” In the middle of a sentence or in a footnote: 1 Cor 5:6.)
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One Author (book, magazine, and journal)
FN: Richard B. Hays, Echoes of Scripture in the
Letters of Paul (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989), 3-29.
B: Hays,
Richard B. Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul. New Haven:
Yale University Press, 1989.
D. G. Hart, “Is High-Church Presbyterianism
an Oxymoron?” Touchstone 13, no. 10 (December 2000): 20-29.
Hart, D. G. “Is High-Church Presbyterianism
an Oxymoron?” Touchstone 13, no. 10 (December 2000): 20-29.
Claudia Setzer, “Excellent Women: Female
Witnesses to the Resurrection,” JBL 116 (1997): 259-72, esp. p. 266 n. 17.
Setzer, Claudia. “Excellent Women:
Female Witnesses to the Resurrection.” Journal of Biblical Literature 116
(1997): 259-72.
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Editor, Translator, or Compiler as
“Author”
Anthony B. Tortelli, ed., Sociology
Approaching the Twenty-first Century (Los Angeles: Peter and Sons, 1991), 443.
Tortelli, Anthony B., ed. Sociology
Approaching the Twenty-first Century. Los Angeles: Peter and Sons, 1991.
Robert A. Kraft and George W. E. Nickelsburg,
eds., Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986), xii.
Kraft and Nickelsburg, Early Judaism,
xii.
Kraft, Robert A., and George W. E.
Nickelsburg, eds. Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986.
Wilhelm Egger, How to Read the New
Testament: An Introduction to Linguistic and Historical-Critical Methodology (trans. P. Heinegg; Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson,
1996), 28.
Egger, Wilhelm. How to Read the
New Testament: An Introduction to Linguistic and Historical-Critical Methodology. Translated by P. Heinegg. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson,
1996.
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Editor, Translator, or Compiler with
an Author
John Stuart Mill, Autobiography
and Literary Essays (ed. John M. Robinson and Jack Stillinger; Toronto: University of Toronto Press,
1980), 15.
Mill, John Stuart. Autobiography
and Literary Essays. Edited by John M. Robinson and Jack Stillinger. Toronto: University of Toronto Press,
1980.
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Article in an Edited Volume
Harold W. Attridge, “Jewish Historiography,”
in Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters (ed.
R. A. Kraft and G. W. E. Nickelsburg: Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986),
311-43.
Attridge, “Jewish Historiography,”
314-17.
Attridge, Harold W. “Jewish Historiography.”
Pages 311-43 in Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters. Edited by R. A. Kraft and G. W. E. Nickelsburg.
Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986.
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Authors of Foreword and Introductions
Not Written by the Author
Mark Harris, introduction to With
the Procession, by Henry Fuller (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965), iv-xii.
Harris, “Introduction,” iv-ix.
Harris, Mark. Introduction to With
the Procession, by Henry Fuller. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1965.
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Edition: Subsequent Editions
James B. Pritchard, ed., Ancient
Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament (3d ed.; Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969),
xxi.
Pritchard, James B., ed. Ancient
Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. 3d ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969.
Joseph Blekinsopp, A History of
Prophecy in Israel (rev. and enl. ed.; Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 1996), 81..4
Blekinsopp, Joseph. A History of
Prophecy in Israel. Rev. and enl. ed. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 1996.
Halsey Stevens, The Life and Music
of Bela Bartok (rev. ed.; New York: Oxford University Press, 1964), 128-29.
Stevens, Halsey. The Life and Music
of Bela Bartok. Rev. ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1964.
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Modern Editions of the Classics (Loeb
Classical Library [Greek and Latin])
Josephus, Ant. 2.233-235.
Josephus, Ant. 2.233-235 (Thackeray,
LCL).
Josephus. Translated by H. St. J. Thackeray et al. 10 vols.
Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1926-1965.
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Reprint Editions (in public domain
and recent)
Albert Schweitzer, J. S. Bach (trans.
Ernest Newman; 1911; repr., New York: Dover Publications, 1966), 134-56.
Schweitzer, Albert. J. S. Bach.
Translated by Ernest Newman. 1911. Repr., New York: Dover Publications, 1966.
John Van Seters, In Search of History:
Historiography in the Ancient World and the Origins of Biblical History (New
Haven: Yale University Press, 1983; repr., Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns,
1997), 35.
Van Seters, John. In Search of History:
Historiography in the Ancient World and the Origins of Biblical History. New
Haven: Yale University Press, 1983. Repr., Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns,
1997.
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Multivolume Works: Citing the Work
as a Whole (with author or editor)
Muriel St. Clare Byrne, ed., The
Lisle Letters (6 vols.; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981).
Bryne, ed., Lisle Letters, 4:125.
Byrne, Muriel St. Clare, ed. The
Lisle Letters. 6 vols. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981.
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Multivolume Works: Citing a Particular
Work
William Farmwinkle, Humor of the
American Midwest (vol. 2 of Survey of American Humor; Boston: Plenum Press, 1983), 132.
Farmwinkle, Humor, 2:132.
Farmwinkle, William. Humor of the
American Midwest. Vol. 2 of Survey of American Humor. Boston: Plenum Press, 1983.
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A Chapter within a Titled Volume in
a Multivolume Edited Work
Richard Bauckham, “The Acts of Paul
As a Sequel to Acts,” in The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting (ed.
Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clarke; vol. 1 of The Book of Acts
in Its First Century
Setting, ed. Bruce W. Winter; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
1993), 105-52.
Bauckham, “Sequel to Acts,” in Acts
(ed. Winter and Clarke), 1:107.
Bauckham, Richard. “The Acts of
Paul As a Sequel to Acts.” Pages 105-52 in The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clarke.
Vol. 1 of The Book of
Acts in Its First Century Setting.
Edited by Bruce W. Winter. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.
Thomas E. Peck, “General Principles
Touching the Worship of God,” in Miscellanies of Rev. Thomas E. Peck (ed. T. C. Johnson; Richmond, Va.: The
Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1895), 1:78-89.
Peck, Thomas E. “General Principles
Touching the Worship of God.” Pages 78-89 in volume 1 of Miscellanies of Rev. Thomas E. Peck. Edited by T. C. Johnson. 3 vols. Richmond, Va.:
The Presbyterian Committee
of Publication, 1895.
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Series
John Calvin, The Institutes of the
Christian Religion (ed. John T. McNeill; trans. Ford Lewis Battles; 2 vols.; LCC; Philadelphia: Westminster
Press, 1960).
Calvin, John. The Institutes of
the Christian Religion. Edited by John T. McNeill. Translated by Ford Lewis Battles. 2 vols. Library of Christian
Classics. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1960.
Richard B. Hays, The Faith of Jesus
Christ: An Investigation of the Narrative Substructure of Galatians 3:1–4:11 (SBLDS 56; Chico, Calif.: Scholars Press, 1983)
209.
Hays, Richard B. The Faith of Jesus
Christ: An Investigation of the Narrative Substructure of Galatians 3:1–4:11. Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series
56. Chico, Calif.: Scholars Press, 1983.
Christopher D. Stanley, “The Social
Environment of ‘Free’ Biblical Quotations in the New Testament,” in Early Christian Interpretation
of the Scriptures of Israel: Investigations and Proposals (ed.
C. A. Evans and J. A. Sanders; JSNTSup 148; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic
Press, 1997), 18-27.
Stanley, Christopher D. “The Social
Environment of ‘Free’ Biblical Quotations in the New Testament.” Pages 18-27 in Early Christian
Interpretation of the Scriptures of Israel: Investigations and Proposals. Edited by C. A. Evans and J. A. Sanders. Journal
for the Society of New Testament:
Supplement Series 148. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.
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An Unpublished Dissertation or Thesis
Lee E. Klosinski, “Meals in Mark” (Ph.D.
diss., The Claremont Graduate School, 1988), 22-44.
Klosinski, “Meals,” 23.
Klosinski, Lee E. “Meals in Mark.”
Ph.D. diss., The Claremont Graduate School, 1988.
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An Internet Publication with a Print
Counterpart
Charles Truehart, “Welcome to the Next
Church,” Atlantic Monthly 278 (August 1996): 37-58.
Cited 5 May 1997. Online: http://www.theatlantic.com/atlantic/issues/96aug/nxtchrch.htm.
Truehart, “Next Church,” 37.
Truehart, Charles. “Welcome to the
Next Church.” Atlantic Monthly 278 (August 1996): 37-58.
Cited 5 May 1997. Online: http://www.theatlantic.com/atlantic/issues/96aug/nxtchrch.htm.
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An Internet Publication without a Print
Counterpart
Matthew Thomas Farrell, “History of
the Discovery of Thomas and Comments on the Text,” n.p. [cited 5 May 1997]. Online: http://www.miseri.edu/davies/thomas/farrell.htm.
Farrell, Matthew Thomas. “History of
the Discovery of Thomas and Comments on the Text.” No pages. Cited 5 May 1997. Online: http://www.miseri.edu/davies/thomas/farrell.htm
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